Football

Gallaudet University football team receives national media coverage

Nov 09, 2013

WASHINGTON – The 2013 football season for
Gallaudet University has been a special one so far for the Bison
but the story behind the program and its rise to being regionally
ranked, undefeated, leading the Eastern Collegiate Football
Conference and on the verge of a championship has balloned into a
national sports story. In two weeks the story grew locally to a
national college football story being covered by many different
outlets.

The growth of the Bison story intensified this week after the
Bison kept the perfect season intact with a miracle finish on the
road at Becker College last Saturday. With the game tied, Becker
lined up for a 31-yard field goal with only two seconds left on the
clock. Gallaudet, the world's only deaf and hard of hearing
University, took home the victory after it blocked the field goal
attempt and returned it 79 yards for the game-winning touchdown
with no time remaining in the game.

The play was featured on Saturday night's ESPN SportsCenter Top
10 plays segment at No. 5.
The play drew the attention of several other noted media outlets
as Kendall Green became a sports media hub this week.

The team received a helmet sticker from ESPN's College Football
Final show from Rece Davis for the win. GU was later recognized on
Monday's ESPNU #Great8 plays show as one of the top moments from
last week's slate of college football games. Prior to the blocked
field goal play, the Associated Press and the Washington
Post had featured the team. The list of media clips has grown
over the past few days to include ESPN.com, SportsIllustrated.com,
SBnation.com, USAToday.com and Yahoo Sports. The Yahoo Sports story
was also featured on Yahoo.com as a top story on Wednesday. The
blocked field goal play was also talked about on The Tim Brando
Show that is broadcasted on CBS Sports Network and on SirusXM.

Locally, the Bison have been written about by 106.7 FM The Fan,
featured on Wednesday night's WUSA channel 9 (CBS) broadcast and on
Friday morning's WTTG Fox 5 morning show as they filmed a live shot
from Hotchkiss Field with the team.

The most recent news story comes from ESPN.com columnist
Johnette Howard, who visited campus on Tuesday, and wrote an
excellent article on the Bison that was posted Friday evening.

The Bison (8-0, 5-0 ECFC) host Anna Maria College (2-6, 1-4
ECFC) on Saturday, Nov. 9, in their final home regular-season game
on Senior Day. Kick-off is set for noon at Hotchkiss Field.